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Sittingbourne Crusaders and recorded a respectable fourth place finish. A poor 1996 season then saw the club suffer problems when Swale Council stated that the planning permission given in 1971 was a 25 year temporary agreement. Graham Arnold applied for a lawful
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569:"The News in Brief"
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